newtown, you're not alone. >> "washington journal" continues. host: jacqueline simon is public policy director for the american federation of government employees. thanks for being here. guest: thanks for having me. our organization is the largest federal employee union. we also represent d.c. government workers. we represent people from across the spectrum in the federal government. we represent border patrol agents, we represent health-care workers in the department of veterans affairs, civilian workers in the problem of defense, security administration, epa, hud, you name it, and the federal government, we represent. host: the fiscal cliff, how big affair under negotiations brewing or if things go for it with the sequestration. here are the numbers to call. and we have a line set up for federal employees. what does the fiscal cliff mean to federal police? guest: all the things that have preceded this so-called crisis have meant a lot to federal police. federal employees have already sacrificed tremendously to demands for deficit-reduction. le